XAT exam is a prestigious one. The exam paper consists of three sections namely English, Reasoning and Quantitative Ability and General Awareness. An essay of 250-300 words also needs to be written in this exam.

Syllabus of XAT Exam:

English

Candidate’s grip on the subject English is tested in this section.

Reasoning

This section consists of analytical reasoning, argument analysis, and analysis of explanation questions.

Present Worth and Discounts; Depreciation; Demand and Supply; Cost and Revenue, and common applications such as Banking Transactions; Inventories; Mixtures; Time and Work; Time and Distance; Pipes and Tanks; Estimation of time, distance, area, volume, effort, etc.

General Awareness

Questions from the happenings around the world and the History and Geography of India make up this section.

Duration of XAT Exam:

The duration of XAT is 2 and a ½ hours viz. 150 minutes. Candidates should be efficient with time management to crack XAT. Questions are of objective type.

Scoring pattern:

Full marks of the question are allotted if the answer is correct. There is negative marking for each wrong answer.

Previous year question papers of XAT:

XAT aspirants can find question papers of previous years in the attachment.